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With the 2018 National Indigenous Cricket Championships (NICC) coming to a close, awards were given to those who best performed.

The night started off with Queensland's Women and South Australia's Men teams awarded 'the best team spirit of Cricket'. The award was decided by the umpires and based on Respect for opponents, respect for role of the umpires and respect for the game.

List of award winners as follows

Batting award:Women's - Courtney Hagen (Queensland) 205 runs at an average of 68.33Men's - Damon Egan (Victoria) 284 runs at an average of 71

Across this years NICC competition, out of the 44 matches the 50 milestone was reached on 25 occasions and the 100 milestone was reached on two occasions with Damon Egan (Victoria) scoring the highest individual score of 160 not out.

Bowling award:Women's - Jemma Astley (New South Wales) 9 wickets with an average of 7.56Men's - Tied three-ways between Rhys Ward (Tasmania), Wade King (Victoria) and Martin Jeffrey (New South Wales) whom all took 13 wickets.

In the bowling department, Brock Larance (New South Wales) begun the tournament with a bang taking 6/16 in the first game of the carnival. Amanda Silva (South Australia) made the best return in the women's division with 4/11